Thomas Edison Quotes: Thomas Alva Edison (February 11, 1847 – October 18, 1931) was an American inventor and businessman who greatly influenced 20th century life with his inventions.
Thomas Edison Quotes
1. “Hard work, nothing to divert my thought, clear air and simple food made my life very pleasant.” – Thomas A. Edison
2. “What you are will show in what you do.” – Thomas A. Edison
3. “To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk.” – Thomas A. Edison
4. “Discontent is the first necessity of progress.” – Thomas A. Edison
5. “I’ve never made a mistake. I’ve only learned from experience.” – Thomas A. Edison
6. “Not everything of value in life comes from books- experience the world.” – Thomas A. Edison
7. “You can’t realize your dreams unless you have one to begin with.” – Thomas A. Edison
8. “If we did all the things we are capable of, we would literally astound ourselves.” – Thomas A. Edison
9. “What a man’s mind can create, man’s character should control.” – Thomas A. Edison
10. “Inspiration can be found in a pile of junk. Sometimes, you can put it together with a good imagination and invent something.” – Thomas A. Edison
11. “Success is 90% perspiration and 10% inspiration!” – Thomas A. Edison
12. “Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.” – Thomas A. Edison
13. “Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.” – Thomas A. Edison
14. “I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.” – Thomas A. Edison
15. “Just because something doesn’t do what you planned it to do doesn’t mean it’s useless.” – Thomas A. Edison
16. “Your worth consists in what you are and not in what you have.” – Thomas A. Edison
17. “The value of an idea lies in the using of it.” – Thomas A. Edison
18. “Vision without execution is hallucination.” – Thomas A. Edison
19. “Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.” – Thomas A. Edison
20. “We shall have no better conditions in the future if we are satisfied with all those which we have at present.” – Thomas A. Edison
21. “I don’t live with the past; I am living for to-day and to-morrow.” – Thomas A. Edison
22. “I readily absorb ideas from every source, frequently starting where the last person left off.” – Thomas A. Edison
23. “Show me a thoroughly satisfied man and I will show you a failure.” – Thomas A. Edison Quotes
24. “Good fortune often happens when opportunity meets with preparation.” – Thomas A. Edison
25. “Never get discouraged if you fail. Learn from it. Keep trying.” – Thomas A. Edison
26. “Being busy does not always mean real work. The object of all work is production or accomplishment and to either of these ends there must be forethought, system, planning, intelligence, and honest purpose, as well as perspiration. Seeming to do is not doing.” – Thomas A. Edison
27. “I have friends in overalls whose friendship I would not swap for the favor of the kings of the world.” – Thomas A. Edison
28.”I never did anything by accident, nor did any of my inventions come by accident; they came by work.” – Thomas A. Edison
29. “Everything comes to him who hustles while he waits.” – Thomas A. Edison Quotes
30. “Nearly every man who develops an idea works it up to the point where it looks impossible, and then he gets discouraged. That’s not the place to become discouraged.” – Thomas A. Edison
